Telstar Hesperange moved up to 1st place after this home win and stretched its run to six straight victories. BBC Dikrich, now 3rd, has dropped its last three after opening the season with three wins.
The game stayed balanced for a long time. Dikrich had the better start, with 19-year-old Portuguese Leonardo André Neves Lizardo (Season PPG: 15.17) scoring the visitors' first 9 points for a 6-0 lead, and the away side still held a 20-17 edge after one quarter. Early in the second period, coach Sam Ferreira's team reached its best margin at 26-17.
Telstar answered through Max Klepper (Season PPG: 12.17) and Jamie Kappler (Season PPG: 14.50), flipping the score to 30-29. Dikrich reacted well again when Jo Freimann (Season PPG: 12.50) produced 8 points in a row, helping his team to a 39-33 lead. Telstar kept contact and trailed only 36-39 at the break.
The decisive moment came in the third quarter. After Dikrich went up 51-47, coach Christophe Thil's side answered with a 12-2 swing. Kappler was central in that sequence with 6 points in a row, and 18-year-old Juan Joyner Lopes da Costa dos S. (Season PPG: 9.80) helped finish the push to 59-53. From there, Telstar controlled the last quarter 25-13.
Kappler and Vladimir Vukovic (36, BEL) led the winners with 20 points each. Lorenzo Ferrari (Season PPG: 9.00) added 12 and hit back-to-back threes for 75-60, a key separation. Juan Joyner Lopes da Costa dos S. also scored 12. For Dikrich, Neves Lizardo had 24 points, Freimann 14, and captain Edson Monteiro Neves (Season PPG: 15.17) 10. Telstar's highest lead was the final 17-point margin.
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